BACOLOD City – Suspected shabu weighing about 100 grams valued at around P680,000 was seized in Bacolod-Silay Airport in Silay City, Negros Occidental.
“We are still identifying the real identities of the shipper and the supposed consignee,” said Nicolas Gomez, provincial officer of Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA)-Negros Occidental and Bacolod City yesterday.
The suspected illegal drugs, which came from Manila, was intercepted by PDEA-Negros Occidental Provincial Office K9 and Interdiction Unit while conducting a random checking of cargoes arriving at the warehouse of the airport around 7:20 a.m. on March 7.
The drug enforcement officers learned of the possible presence of the contraband after the narcotic detection dog sniffed and sat on the parcel.
They found the suspected shabu placed inside a can of wafer rolls.
The inspection on March 7 was the first time that PDEA personnel here intercepted illegal drugs in the airport, following a series of random paneling and profiling of passengers conducted at the cargo warehouses, baggage conveyors and in the departure and arrival lobbies.
The routine operation aims to prevent the entry and exit of illegal drugs within the airport.
Gomez said the PDEA has an existing agreement with the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines, wherein both agencies collaborate to tighten airport security against illegal drugs.
“That’s why we have presence and easy access in the airport facilities,” he added.(With a report from PNA/PN)
